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Kate was naturally a tidy person. It came with having to fight for everything. She had to have everything under her control, particularly her workspace.
She noticed whenever Tony had gone through her things. At least, she was pretty sure it was Tony. He was the only one brave or foolish enough to go through her things to her knowledge.
Gibbs didn’t need to and McGee was too shy to dare. Still no matter how many times she told Tony off for looking through her stuff, he didn’t seem to get the hint. Deciding to put a stop to it once and for all, she booby trapped her desk before she left for the day.
If the trap wasn’t triggered by the time she came in she would be very surprised. Kate couldn’t help snickering at Tony’s face. Her trap had definitely caught him in the act.
“You ruined my face and my favorite suit,” Tony glared.
“You went through my things again.” Kate returned.
“Enough. Save your recriminations for your personal time,” Gibbs interrupted, “we have a case.”
Kate would like to say that Tony learned his lesson and stopped going through her things, but he definitely didn’t. Kate knew it was Tony’s way of showing he cared, but she still wished he would stop. This wasn’t the only time that Kate got Tony with her booby traps, but he was getting better at not getting his good suits damaged.
He still hadn’t learned to protect his face though. Kate smirked the whole day when Tony was forced to walk around with the proof of his transgressions. Gibbs wanted to separate the two of them and again felt like he was surrounded by high schoolers.
Unfortunately, before the battle between the two of them could come to a natural end, Kate died. Tony almost wanted to do his face like it ended up after one of Kate’s traps in honor of her memory. Her loss would be felt by the whole team.